Christine Lam BA 453 – Case Briefing: Transworld Auto Parts November 11, 2012 Company Overview: Transworld Auto Parts (TAP) is a Tier 1 manufacturer of original and after-market parts for automobile producers both in the United States and abroad. TAP focuses on manufacturing in two core product lines: electronics and interiors. Apart from that, it also separates its customer-centered divisions into four divisions: luxury, economy, mid-priced, and truck. TAP also serves in three main geographic…

O’Reilly Auto Parts O’Reilly Automotive is one of the largest specialty retailers of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories in the US. The company sells its products to both do-it-yourself (“DIY”) and professional service provider customers, or do-it-for-me (“DIFM”) (O 'Reilly Automotive, Inc. , 2015). Critical Success Factors The company has been implementing the dual market strategy since the early 1970’s. O’Reilly currently has 4,571 stores in 44 states (Financials…

Introduction: In the contemporary China’s economy, it is no doubt that Auto parts Industry has become one of the fastest growing industries which plays a major role in the development of the domestic manufacture as well as the GDP Growth. PESTEL: To evaluate all the internal and external factors that directly or indirectly impact the Auto parts industry, the PESTEL model has been used as the analysis for this major industry. PESTEL stands for the five most important forces that…

Napa Auto Parts National Automotive Parts Association or NAPA Auto Parts as it is commonly called was founded in 1925 by Carlyle Fraser. The company has over 2600 ventures around the world including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. The company employs over 39,000 people. As told by (Tire Business, 2013) Napa’s earning increased by 8.2 percent in 2013, it earned a whopping 14.1 billion dollars. AutoZone AutoZone was founded in 1979 and was originally called Auto…

The case study ‘The Exchange Rate and Auto Parts Manufactures’ shows two companies which are suppliers to the US automobile company DaimerCrhrysler, and that companies based outside of the US. As the consequence of the importing machines from the United States, companies faced difficulties based on the exchange rate fluctuations. First company – SMS were faced difficulties with the exchange rate of USD and euro. The CEO of the SMS Elotherm company, Udo Pfeiffer, took measures to avoid the loss.…

On the Road: U.S. Automotive Parts Industry Annual Assessment Office of Transportation and Machinery U.S. Department of Commerce 2011 Table of Contents Tables and Charts Index Executive Summary Introduction Automotive Parts Sector Definitions Overview of Market Conditions Economic Indicators 2 3 4 4 5 8 9 9 11 13 15 17 17 18 18 19 22 26 28 29 30 32 33 35 Automotive Parts Markets Original Equipment Aftermarket Remanufacturing Employment Trends Leading Industry Stories Visteon…

1.0 Understanding the industry 1.1 Industry Definition The Auto Part Manufacturing industry is an upstream fundamental of the Automobile Manufacturing Industry producing components; gears and accessories for motor vehicles (IBISWorld industry report, 2015). These manufacturers typically supply motor vehicles assembly and replacement components, accessories for both original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket (International Trade Administration, 2015). Firstly, the original equipment manufacturing…

CAMERON AUTO PARTS ✓ Case Analysis: Cameron Auto Parts was founded in 1965, as consumer’s they haver three biggest car manufacturers. Cameron Auto Parts began having crisis in 2000 due two major problems: the first is about the drop in sales that were stopped at $ 48 million and in 2001 dropped to $ 18 million, and the second one is because the entry of Japanese competition to the market. Because of these losses Alex was in need for modernization, for this I borrowed $ 10 million. In 2001…

U.S. auto-parts industry is particularly vulnerable. The U.S. trade deficit in auto parts increased from $9.5 billion in 2000 to $31.2 billion in 2010. Exports support U.S. jobs, but imports displace production that would support domestic employment; thus, on balance, trade deficits tend to increase unemployment (holding everything else in the economy constant).  The U.S. auto-parts industry is threatened by Chinese practices. Heavily subsidized auto parts from China caused the U.S. auto-parts…

after his graduation, and when he did, Cameron Auto Parts was immediately faced with a big financial crisis. When he took over the company in 1991, sales in 1990 dropped to $48 million and for the first six months of 1991 to $18 million. Cameron Auto Parts also lost $2.5 million in 1990 and the same amount in the first 6 months of 1991. Market forces, such as the Japanese taking an increasing share of the market, were driving the North American auto producers to try to advance their technology and…